Means for supporting switch and signal apparatus and the like.



No. 803,532. PATENTED 00T.a1,19'o5.

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MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SWITCH AND SIGNAL APPARATUS AND THE LIKE.APPLICATION FILED Amie, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PA ENT ()FFICE.

CHARLES HANSEL, OF ROCHESTER, NElV YORK.

MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SWITCH AND SIGNAL APPARATUS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1905.

Application filed April 16, 1904. Serial No. 203,529.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HANSEL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means forSupporting Switch and Signal Apparatus and the Like, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to means for supporting switch and signalapparatus, apparatus for operating crossinggates, bridge-locks, and thelike.

It consists in the mechanism hereinafter described and claimed. In thedrawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of an apparatus embodying thisinvention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same device shown in Fig. 1,parts being broken away to exhibit construction. Fig. 3 is an endelevation of the same device. Fig. a is a cross-section on the line 1 4of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-section on the line 5 5 ofFig. 1. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a modified form of this invention.Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 8 is a vertical section onthe line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a top plan view of a bell-cranksupport embodying this invention, and Fig. 10 is an elevation of thesame.

In the drawings, 1 is a pillar, preferably of molded concrete. One orany desired number of these pillars may be employed in combination, ashereinafter set forth. The pillars may have any suitable form. A usefulform is shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.

The top of each pillar 1 is slightly beveled in order to fit tightly ina cap 2, which carries the supporting apparatus for pipe-carriers andlike devices. This cap 2 is adapted to be fastened to the pillar 1 bymeans of an expanding-bolt 3, passing through a perforation 4 in the topof the cap and into a socket 5 in the pillar. IV here it is desirable tostrengthen the concrete pillar, a tube6 is often cast into it, and theexpanding-bolt 8 engages in this tube. On each cap 2 is placed a supportor table 7 on which pipe-carriers, 850., may be fastened, and where itis desirable to arrange said supports or tables so as to be connectedtogether each support at the end is provided with a recurved or hookedportion 8, so that when two or more like tables or supports 7 arebrought together end to end, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the hooks 8stand back to back, and a C-shaped fastener 9 is driven on the twohooks, so that it interlocks with them and fastens them permanentlytogether. The hooks may be of the full width of the tables for greatersolidity.

Where rape-carriers are set upon the tables, the tables are made withsuitably-formed edges 10, preferably projecting, rounded, and parallel,and the pipe-carriers are made with sides or standards 11, each of whichhas a portion fitting upon the top of the table '7 and ends 12 fittingover the edges 10 of the tables. In this way pipe-carriers having anynumber of pipe-rollers 13 may be made by the use of a series ofidentical tables 7 and the desired number of identical standards 11. Thesides or standards 11 may be fastened together at the top by bolts 14,carrying, if desired, antifriction-rollers 15.

A modified form of this device is shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, in whichthe sides or standards'16 for a pipe-carrier roller 17 may bemanufactured of sheet metal. The lower ends of the two identical sidepieces are turned inward and meet each other and are then turned overand backward to form hooks 18, which are fastened together bymeans of aCshaped piece 19, whose edges fit into the hooks l8 and holds themtightly together. The ends of the connecting-piece 19 are then shaped orbent to clasp the edges 10 of the table.

From the elements above mentioned namely, the duplicate pillars, theduplicate supports upon the pillars, and the duplicate standards, &c.,upon the support it is clear that a foundation of any size and with anynumber of standards may be constructed from these units, not requiring,as heretofore, special sizes of supports for each new foundation.

Instead of the table 7 (shown in Figs. 1 to 8) the cap 2 may carry atable or support 20,

as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, which is grooved, 9

as at 21, in order to take the head of a bolt 22, whereby a support 23for a bell-crank 24:, compensator, or support for devices of the classmentioned above maybe carried on two pillars 1. The cap 2 in this caseis held to the pillar 1 by the expanding-bolt 3, as here inbeforedescribed.

The pillars 1 are set in the ground and may be fastened together attheir lower ends by a strut or brace 25, Fig. 2.

As shown, the top of the pillar 1 is round and slightly conical. The cap2 fits on the top of the pillar, and the fastening or bolt is central tothe pillar and the cap, and thus the cap may be turned around the bolt.

By this means the caps 52 may be alined both with reference to two ormore caps and also with reference to the lines of pull of the operatingmechanism.

What I claim is 1. In an apparatus of the class described, a pillar, acap therefor rotatable on the top of the pillar, means for fastening thepillar and the cap non-rot-atabl together, and a support on said capadapted for fastening a device of the class described thereto.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a pillar having a socketfitted therein, a cap therefor, an expanding-bolt fitting in said socketfor fastening the cap upon the pillar, and a support upon said caphaving projeeting edges, and a standard adapted to fit upon and claspsaid projecting edges.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, a pillar, a cap therefor,means for fastening the pillar and cap together, a support on saidcapadapted for fastening devices of the class described thereto, alikesupport, both said supports having hooked meeting edges, and C- shapedfasteners fitting upon said hooked edges.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, a pillar, a cap therefor,means for fastening the pillar and cap together, a support on said capadapted for fastening devices of the class de scribed thereto, a likesupport, both supports having hooked meeting edges, and C-shapedfasteners fitting upon said hooked edges, and a series of standardsadapted to fit upon said supports.

5. In an apparatus of the class described. a pillar, a cap therefor,means for fastening the pillar and cap together, a support on said capadapted for fastening devices of the class described thereto, a likesupport, both supports having hooked meeting edges, and C-shapedfasteners fitting upon said hooked edges, and a series of identicalstandards adapted to fit upon said supports.

6. In an apparatus of the class described, a pillar, a cap therefor,means for fastening the pillar and cap together, a support on said cap,a pair of standards adapted to be fastened to said support, and meansfor fastening said standards together.

7. In an apparatus of the class described, a pillar, a cap therefor,means for fastening the pillar and cap together, a pair of standards,

and means for fastening said standards together and to said support.

8. In an apparatus of the class described, a pillar, a cap therefor,means for fastening the pillar and the cap together, a support on saidcap, a pair of standards having hooked meeting edges, and a C-shapedfastener fitting upon both hooked edges and adapted to fit upon andclasp said support.

9. In an apparatus of the class described, a pillar, a cap therefor,means for fastening the pillar and the cap together, a support on saidcap, a like support, both said supports having hooked meeting edges,C-shaped fasteners fitting upon said hooked edges, 2. pair of standardsadapted to be fastened to a support and having hooked meeting edges, anda C- shaped fastener fitting upon both hooked edges and adapted to fitupon and clasp said support.

10. In an apparatus of the class described, a pillar, a cap thereforfitting on the top of the pillar, and means, around which the cap may beturned, for fastening the pillar and the cap non-rotatably together.

11. In an apparatus of the class described, a pillar having a round top,a cap fitting thereon, and a fastening central to the pillar and cap forfastening them non-rotatabl y together.

12. In an apparatus of the class described, a pillar having a conicaltop, a cap fitting thereon, and a fastening central to the pillar andcap, and around which the cap may be turned, for fastening themnon-rotatably together.

18. In an apparatus of the class described, a support, a table thereonhaving projecting edges, and a standard having hooked portions adaptedto fit upon and clasp said projecting edges.

14. In an apparatus of the class described, a support, and a tablethereon having rounded projecting edges, and a standard having 0- shapededges adapted to fit upon and clasp said rounded projecting edges.

15. In an apparatus of the class described, a support, a table thereonhavingprojecting parallel edges, and a standard having hooked portionsadapted to fit upon and along and to clasp said edges.

CHARLES HANSEL. Witnesses:

D. GURNEE, L. THON.

